Apart from many competitions and out-of-competition screenings Plus Camerimage Festival
program includes numerous film reviews of our special guests and award
laureates. This year five retrospectives will be presented.
Michael Ballhaus Retrospective - Review of the German
cinematographer, the recipient of this year's Golden Frog - Lifetime
Achievement Award and a Jury Chairman for the Cinematographers' Debutes
Competition. Michael Ballhaus was a cinematographer on fifteen films b...
Plus Camerimage Festival Presents the first edition of the Cinematographers' and Directors' Debuts Competitions.
Each of the Debuts Competitions will present eight feature films
selected out of the submitted titles. The directors' and
cinematographers' debuts lined up in the Competitions will be judged by
two separate juries, chaired by: Jos Stelling (Directors' Debuts Competition) and Michael Ballhaus
(Cinematographers' Debuts Competition). Three movies were selected to
be screene...
BIAFF AWARDS (main competition)
1. Grand Prix - “Opium War” by Siddiq barmak, Afghanistan, 2009
2. Best Feature Film – “Scratch” by Michał Rosa, Poland, 2008
3. Best Documentary Film - “Letters to the President” by Petr Lom (US/Norway), 2008
4. Best Film Director – “Volchok”, by Vasili Sigarev, Russia, 2009
5. Best Male Actor - Parviz Parastui in film of Abdolrea Kahani “Twenty” , Iran, 2009
6. Best Female...
During the Gala of the Dutch Film at the 29th Netherlands Film Festival, on Friday 2 October, departing director Doreen Boonekamp (1968) was honoured with the Golden Calf for the Culture Award 2009. The prize was presented by chairwoman of the board Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven. The Golden Calf for the Culture Award is granted by the board of the Foundation Netherlands Film Festival to a person or organisation that made an important contribution to the Dutch film culture.Doreen Boonekamp graduated fr...
In what had to be one of the more unusual and visually artistic Awards Ceremonies I've ever attended, the 12th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival came to a dramatic close last evening (although screenings continue through the day on Sunday). The ceremony, a multi-media show that included video, live music by an Estonian rock band and an avant-garde performance presentation involving the Festival's jurors, was greeted by the enthusiastic audience as another sign of the Festival's a...
HUNGER
Sunday, December 7-------In what had to be one of the more unusual and visually artistic Awards Ceremonies I've ever attended, the 12th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival came to a dramatic close last evening (although screenings continue through the day on Sunday). The ceremony, a multi-media show that included video, live music by an Estonian rock band and an avant-garde performance presentation involving the Festival's jurors, was greeted by the en...
Sunday, November 30--------The POFF Film School, an intensive set of panel seminars and master classes, begins tomorrow as part of the professional events of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The program, which runs all week, is geared towards young professionals, film and media students and those interested in getting an insight from visiting professionals into the art and industry of filmmaking.
The program begins tomorrow with masterclasses with Martin...
The juries of the 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival have been selected The two most important juries of the 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) – official jury of the international competition programme EurAsia and the jury of Tridens Baltic feature film competition – have been selected. The jury of the international competition programme EurAsia comprises producer and actor Rain Tolk (Estonia), producer and director Brian Yuzna (Indonesia/USA), president of the Festroia As...
On the Opening Night of the 28th Netherlands Film Festival on Wednesday 24 September, actor Rutger Hauer (1944) will be honoured with the Golden Calf for the Culture Award 2008. The prize will be presented by Minister Ronald Plasterk. The Golden Calf for the Culture Award is granted by the board of the Foundation Netherlands Film Festival to a person or organisation that made an important contribution to the Dutch film culture. Rutger Hauer graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Amsterdam...
Tonight during the Talkshow of the 27th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the 2007 Golden Calves, the prestigious award for Dutch Cinema. The Jury of the Golden Calves competition selected the nominees after watching 76 film productions in competition. The jury members are André van Duren, Pieter Fleury, Ronald Giphart, Brigit Hillenius, Jannie Langbroek, Reinier Selen, Paula van der Oest (chair woman).Also in this evening’s Talkshow, the nominations were announced...
